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hedgehoggy, a.|ˈhɛdʒhɒgɪ|
[f. hedgehog + -y.]
Of the nature of a hedgehog; externally repellent; difficult to get on with. Hence ˈhedgehogginess.
1858Motley in Corr. (1889) I. 266 ‘Why is it that we English, when we meet abroad, are so very friendly, and when we reappear in London are so very hedgehoggy?’ I told her that the reason why there was no hedgehogginess on this occasion was because I was not an Englishman. 1866Ruskin Eth. Dust (1883) 101 So your hedgehoggy readers roll themselves over and over their Bibles, and declare that whatever sticks to their own spines is Scripture. 1882Spurgeon in Chr. World Pulpit XXII. 163 Get near some of those dear hedgehoggy brethren, and go and make a pillow of them. |